Improvement notice
A formal enforcement notice issued by an inspector requiring a duty holder to remedy a contravention of health and safety law within a specified period.
By jurisdiction
UK HSE
“improvement notice”Exact equivalentSection 21 of HSWA 1974 empowers an HSE or local authority inspector to issue an improvement notice where they are of the opinion that a person is contravening a relevant statutory provision, or has contravened it in circumstances making it likely the contravention will continue or be repeated. The notice must specify the contravention and the period within which it must be remedied.
Irish HSA
“improvement notice”Close equivalentSection 65 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 empowers an inspector to issue an improvement notice where there is a contravention or likely contravention. The notice specifies the grounds, provisions contravened and time for compliance.
US OSHA
“citation”No equivalentNo equivalent in this jurisdiction.
Practitioner note: Appealable, and lodging an appeal suspends the notice. Without an appeal, compliance by the stated deadline is expected.
Nearest equivalent in other frameworks
- →citation (OSHA nearest equivalent — one term covers both notice types)